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CSi Weather…

…WIND ADVISORY IN EXTENDED  UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING…THEN PARTLY CLOUDY WITH
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT, 70 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON, IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA , A 20 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA.   HIGHS AROUND 60. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.
.FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE
MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW
IN THE MORNING…THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING…
THEN CHANCE OF SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.

 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE JAMES RIVER
 VALLEY WEDBESDAT AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
 EXPECTED.
 
THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
 
 A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND
 CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.

 

Valley City (CSi) Valley City State University will host a Gathering for Remembrance to honor the life of the late Dan Buehner at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, in the W.E. Osmon Fieldhouse on the VCSU campus.

Buehner, a VCSU senior from Blaine, Minn., died Monday in a rafting accident on the Sheyenne River in Valley City. A business administration major, Buehner was the starting catcher on the VCSU Viking baseball team.

The gathering Wednesday night will include remarks by VCSU President Steven W. Shirley, athletic director Jack Denholm and baseball coach Casey Olney.

VCSU student leaders from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will share remarks, as will the Rev. Emmy Swedlund of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Valley City.

A memorial video will be shown, and several of Buehner’s friends and teammates will speak. There will also be a time for open sharing by those assembled.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – One of two Dickinson men charged with robbing a Medina bank at gunpoint has been sentenced to 7  1/2 years in prison.
 
     Thirty-eight-year-old Satrone Boyd was charged for the Oct. 25 bank robbery at the Northland Financial bank in the southeastern North Dakota town.
 
     Boyd’s co-defendant Rendell Hardy pleaded guilty earlier this month and will be sentenced in July.
 
     Prosecutors say Boyd and Hardy were wearing clown masks when they held the bank.
 
     Boyd was later picked up in Fargo and Hardy was apprehended in Dickinson.

 

Valley City (CSi) Barnes County Rural fire fighters were called out twice on Tuesday.

Fire Chief Gary Retterath says the first one was 10 miles north of I-94 on the Peak Road.

At the same time rural fire fighter went to another grass fire near Martin’s Landing threatening a farm, however no buildings were burn in either fire.

No injuries were reported.

Before Wednesday’s rainfall, previous dry conditions and warmer temperatures aided in fueling the grass fires.

 

Jamestown (CSI) In observance of Earth Day 2014, Renaissance Recycling and the Chamber City Beautification Committee will be serving free hot dogs and beverage to all the faithful recyclers and friends of recycling from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Recycling Center.

Plus there will be drawings for door prizes.

The center is located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 1st Street Southwest which is across the street north of CSi Technology Center (the old Franklin School) and is owned and operated by Ralph Friebel. The center is open Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Renaissance Recycling accepts a variety of materials, cardboard, newspapers, corrugated cardboard, magazines, white office paper, junk mail, tin, #1 and #2 plastic, three colors of glass and clothing. They also are will take electronic waste and TVs for a small fee.

 

Jamestown (CSi) The University of Jamestown will be the location of Friday and Saturday’s Open House on the growing construction trade.

Dakota Construction Careers, is a coalition of seven building trades groups, and have been hosting the open houses across North Dakota.

High school graduates and experienced workers with skills or just have an interest to pursue a career in construction are invited.

Director for the Laborer’s District Council, Pamela Link says, the careers they will be discussing go beyond the oil patch.

Jobs including Bricklayers, Iron Workers, Carpenters, and Painters have been discussed at open houses across the state. The event will be at the University of Jamestown’s Raugust Library Friday April 25, 2014, 4-p.m., to 8-p.m., and Saturday April 26, 2014 10-a.m., to 5-p.m.

 

Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown will host the “Princess in the Mirror Princess Pageant” on June 28, 2014 at the Buffalo Mall.

Jamestown’s Mrs. North Dakota 2014, Eliza Potratz will be hosting the event.

More information soon, and on the May 5, 2014 City Matters program at 7-p.m., on CSi 10 THE REPLAY CHANNEL.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The FBI is investigating the death of a 39-year-old woman whose body was found in a field near Fort Yates on the Standing Rock Reservation.
 
     FBI spokesman Kyle Loven says they believe the woman is a tribal member. Her cause of death is unclear and she has not been publicly identified. The bureau was notified of the body Tuesday.
 
     Loven says the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs are looking into the death.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s tax commissioner says the deadline is approaching for qualifying low-income senior citizens and disabled persons to file for a partial rent refund.
 
     Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says the deadline for the application is May 31.
 
     State residents must be 65 years old or older or be totally disabled to be eligible for the Renter’s Refund program. They must also not make more than $42,000 per year, and 20 percent of what they pay annually for rent must exceed 4 percent of their annual income.
 
     The maximum amount that can be refunded is $400.

 

NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) – Leaders from North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes say they are thankful for the money oil has brought to their reservation, but are concerned about the potential environmental impact of oil development.
 
     Tribal councilman Mervin Packineau says now is the time to look at how to protect the land and cautions that not everything is known about hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
 
     Fracking involves injecting a pressurized mix of water, sand and chemicals into wells to fracture rocks to promote the flow of oil and gas.
 
     The leaders made the remarks at the Three Affiliated Tribes’ oil and gas conference in New Town.
 
     Fort Berthold Indian Reservation’s production in February represented more than 271,000 barrels of North Dakota’s 950,000 barrels of oil produced daily according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources.

 

 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota regulators have approved a siting permit for an electrical transmission line planned for the Killdeer Mountain Battlefield area in the western part of the state.
 
     The three-member Public Service Commission unanimously approved the proposal by Basin Electric Power Cooperative on Wednesday.
 
     The Bismarck-based company plans to build the line near Beulah to near Tioga to deliver more electricity to the Bakken oil fields, where there is a growing demand for power. The cost of the 197-mile line is pegged at $375 million.
 
     Five American Indian tribes in North Dakota have passed a resolution formally opposing the project.
 
     The proposed project also needs federal approval because the route goes through federal grasslands and because the company plans to seek financing from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 

 BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Federal safety regulators are proposing $211,000 in fines for a Minnesota agriculture company that authorities say repeatedly failed to make sure workers weren’t exposed grain dust hazards in Montana.
 
     The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday cited CHS Inc. for 19 violations following inspections at grain-handling facilities in Cut Bank, Glendive, Denton and Valier.
 
     Three were repeat violations, including failing to test the air quality in work spaces for potentially explosive grain dust, hazardous gases or lack of oxygen.
 
     Fourteen were classified as serious, meaning there was a substantial probability of a worker death or injury.
 
     The company has the option to contest the fines.
 
     A CHS worker was killed in Kansas in 2010 when he fell into what regulators said was an inadequately protected grain bin.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Animal control officials in Fargo released a coyote back into the wild after the animal found its way into a local mall.
 
     A worker at West Acres Mall noticed the coyote Tuesday afternoon in a back corridor used for employee access and deliveries. The animal limped in through a back door and laid down.
 
     Animal control officers determined the coyote had a non-serious paw injury, and later released it.
 
     Mall Property Manager Chris Heaton says  it’s rare for any animal to find its way into the mall, much less a coyote. He quipped: “Spring fashions are here, so maybe he was just looking for a new outfit.”

 

In world and national news..

WASHINGTON (AP) – A woman whose rape as a child by her uncle was seen in images that were viewed extensively on the Internet says she’s “surprised and confused” by a ruling Wednesday from the Supreme Court. That’s according to a statement her lawyer posted online. The court  tossed out a judgment of nearly $3.4 million — money that was supposed to be paid to the woman by a man whose computer was found to contain two of the images. The court says federal law limits how much money the victims of child porn can collect from people who viewed the material.
 
     DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) – The pledge by Ukraine’s government to recapture police stations and government buildings that were seized by pro-Russian forces in the east has produced little action on the ground Wednesday. But it’s brought some ominous words from Moscow. Russia’s foreign minister says his country will mount a firm response if its citizens or interests come under attack in Ukraine.
 
     TOKYO (AP) – The standoff between Ukraine and Russia is threatening to overshadow President Barack Obama’s four-country Asia swing that began today. Obama may decide during the trip whether to slap new economic sanctions on Moscow. It’s a step that would signal the failure of an international agreement aimed at defusing the crisis. Obama arrived Wednesday in Tokyo, where he’ll have formal talks with the prime minister Thursday.
 
     BEIRUT (AP) – If reports coming from Syria are true, the effort to rid President Bashar Assad of his chemical weapons arsenal may have had only a limited effect. According to interviews with activists, medics and residents on the opposition side, government forces have attacked rebel-held areas with poisonous chlorine gas in recent weeks and months. They say the attacks left men, women and children coughing, choking and gasping for breath.
 
     KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Dozens of Sherpa guides have packed up their tents Wednesday and left Mount Everest’s base camp. The walkout — which follows the deaths of 16 other Sherpas in an avalanche — has left the entire Everest climbing season in doubt. Nepal’s government says top tourism officials will fly to base camp Thursday  to negotiate with the Sherpas and encourage them to return to work. The avalanche deaths have exposed an undercurrent of resentment by Sherpas over their pay, treatment and benefits.